PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, GENETIC DIVERSITY, AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF NILE CROCODILE POPULATIONS AT THE FRINGES OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DISTRIBUTION.

Phylogeography, genetic diversity, and population structure of Nile crocodile populations at the fringes of the southern African distribution.

Nile crocodiles are apex predators widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa that have been viewed and managed as a single species.A complex picture of broad and fine-scale phylogeographic patterns that includes the recognition of two species (Crocodylus niloticus and Crocodylus suchus), and the structuring of populations according to river basins h

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Effect of Overexpression of the Brain-Specific Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Splice Variant NCX1.5 on NO Cytotoxicity in HEK293 Cells

Abstract.: Nitric oxide (NO) induces cytotoxicity in neuronal and glial cells via activation of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX).This study examined the role of the predominant brain-specific NCX splice wac 4011 variant NCX1.5 in NO-induced cytotoxicity in the HEK293 cell expression system.Cells were transfected with the plasmid construct pcDNA3.1/V5-H

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